Versions and Availability

Softenv Keys for piny-md on poseidon

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Shells

A user may choose between using /bin/bash
and /bin/tcsh. Details about each shell follows.

/bin/bash

System resource file: /etc/profile

When one access the shell, the following user files are read in if
they exist (in order):

~/.bash_profile (anything sent to STDOUT or STDERR
will cause things like rsync to break)

~/.bashrc (interactive login only)

~/.profile

When a user logs out of an interactive session, the
file ~/.bash_logout is executed if it exists.

The default value of the environmental variable, PATH, is
set automatically using SoftEnv. See below for more
information.

/bin/tcsh

The file ~/.cshrc is used to customize the user's
environment if his login shell is /bin/tcsh.

Softenv

SoftEnv is a utility that is supposed to help users manage complex
user environments with potentially conflicting application versions
and libraries.

System Default Path

When a user logs in, the system /etc/profile
or /etc/csh.cshrc (depending on login shell, and mirrored
from csm:/cfmroot/etc/profile)
calls /usr/local/packages/softenv-1.6.2/bin/use.softenv.sh to
set up the default path via the SoftEnv database.

SoftEnv looks for a user's ~/.soft file and updates the
variables and paths accordingly.

Viewing Available Packages

The command softenv will provide a list of
available packages. The listing will look something like:

Managing SoftEnv

The file ~/.soft in the user's home directory is where
the different packages are managed. Add the +keyword into your .soft
file. For instance, ff one wants to add the Amber Molecular Dynamics
package into their environment, the end of the .soft file should look
like this:

+amber-8

@default

To update the environment after modifying this file, one simply
uses the resoft command:

% resoft

The command soft can be used to manipulate the environment
from the command line. It takes the form:

$ soft add/delete +keyword

Using this method of adding or removing keywords requires the user
to pay attention to possible order dependencies. That is, best results
require the user to remove keywords in the reverse order in which they
were added. It is handy to test out individual keys, but can lead to
trouble if changing multiple keys. Changing the .soft file and
issuing the resoft is the recommended way of dealing with
multiple changes.

Usage

Usage requires invoking the PINY_MD command and providing it with
the name of an input file as an argument. Generically, it looks like:

$ piny_md_machine sim_input

To find the name assigned to the executable, use
the soft-dbq to examine the softenv key used for
PINY. It will give the path to executable. For instance:

$ soft-dbq +piny-md-intel-11.1-mvapich-1.1
This is all the information associated with
the key or macro +piny-md-intel-11.1-mvapich-1.1.
-------------------------------------------
Name: +piny-md-intel-11.1-mvapich-1.1
Description: @types: Applications @name: piny-md @version: Aug 30,
2005 @build: mvapich-1.1-intel-10.1 @about: PINY_MD(c) is a
multipurpose, object-oriented molecular simulation package developed
as a collaborative effort between Indiana University, New York
University and the University of Pennsylvania.
Flags: none
Groups: none
Exists on: Linux
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On the Linux architecture,
the following will be done to the environment:
The following environment changes will be made:
PATH = ${PATH}:/usr/local/packages/piny-md/intel-11.1-mvapich-1.1/bin
$ ls /usr/local/packages/piny-md/intel-11.1-mvapich-1.1/bin
piny_md_par

This shows the path to PINY_MD and the existance of a single
executable name piny_md_par. The _par indicates it is
a parallel build, and the key name shows it was built
with mvapich 1.1.

Setting up a simulation is the hard part of using the program. For
guidance there, please refer to the Resources below.